Novena to St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein): Day Three
Courtesy of the Association of Hebrew Catholics, today’s novena prayers and meditation.
Today we recall the journey of Edith and her sister Rosa from Echt, throughout the Netherlands, to Amersfoort, where the Nazis had a transit camp. Because of the convoluted route taken (in order to round up more prisoners, the trip lasted until the early hours of the morning.
When I looked at this novena last year, I was surprised to see the mention of Amersfoort, a city that now a has more positive significance for me and many other people. Amersfoort is now the European headquarters of SQPN, the Star Quest Production Network, which is the birthplace of some very exciting and enlightening new Catholic podcasts.
The prayer below is my own:
St. Edith, Amersfoort was one of the stations on your personal Way of the Cross. Through God’s mercy and love, blessings are now flowing to God’s people from that same city. Add your prayers to ours, that we may likewise receive blessings from God in the places of our pain.
